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Riemannian Geometry of $C^{1,1}$ Manifolds

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2015-11-09 v3

Abstract

Riemannian Geometry for C1,1C^{1,1} manifolds contains important differences from that for C2C^{2} manifolds. This paper develops Riemannian geometry at the C1,1C^{1,1} level of regularity. It is shown that the connection is not symmetric and this leads to additional terms in curvature tensors, geodesic equations and the Bianchi identities. Failure to account for these terms leads to nonzero torsion, affecting everything from geodesics to the Einstein curvature tensor.

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@article{arxiv.1510.08078,
  title  = {Riemannian Geometry of $C^{1,1}$ Manifolds},
  author = {Jeffrey M. Groah},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.08078},
  year   = {2015}
}

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